Hair-dressing booth



May'l2, 1931.

B. w. FRANKEL HAIR DRESSING BOOTH Filed July 11 192 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 May 12, 1931. B. w. FRANKEL HAIR DRESSING BOOTH 2 Shet-Sheet 2 Filed July 11 28 Fig. '2.

Inventor. BerThold W Frankel byMMkM Aflys Patented May 12, 1931 UNITED STATES P HAIR-DRESSING BOOTH Application filed July 11,

This invention relates to hair-dressing booths and has for its object to provide a booth having various will hereinafter be pointed out in the appended claim.

novel features which described and then In the drawings, Fig. 1 is a perspective view of one end of a hair-dressing booth embodying my ment of the ratus concealed;

invention showing the arrangebooth with the working appa- Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the booth 111 condition for washing or drying hair;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged 3-3, Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 1s an enlarged guide for the sliding mirror.

section on the line detail view of the The ordinary hairdressing booth is provided with a chair bowl which 15 usually for the customer, a wash placed against one wall and atwhich the hair may be washed, a

hair drying apparatus for drying the hair,

hair curlers and various other instruments. These are usually continually exposed to view so that when a customer enters the booth all the working apparatus is visible.

One of the objects of my present invention is to provide an improved hair-dressing cabinet which is so arranged that all of the work ing apparatus may be concealed from view behind panels,

doors, etc., which are so arranged that when they are in their operative position they apparently form one of the side walls of the These panels, ments may be access to the other implements Referring now booth or compartment. doors, or other movable eleswung out of the way to give bowl, hair-drying device and when the latter are needed. to Fig. 2 of the drawings which illustrates in perspective view one end or side of a hair-dressing booth, 1 indicates generally a wash-bowl of any approved type which is provided with hot and cold water faucets 2 and 3. a cupboard or closet closed by a door or The bowl is arranged with beneath it which may be panel 4. Situated at one side of the bowl is a counter or table top 5 beneath which may and a compartment 7. 8 indicates a which is mounted on the counter be provided drawers 6 closed by a suitable door hair-drying apparatus 5 and is Serial No. 291,908.

ATENT OFFICE BERTHOLD W. FRANKEL, OF BRO'OKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS preferably of the type which can be swung around into different angular positions so "as to present thenozzle 9 into diiferent positions for use.

10 indicate plem'ents, and if d support other working apparatus and table on which scissors, nailsfil'es forms a s a heater for hair curling im es red the counter 5 mayalso and other implements may be placed.

The bowl lis shown as placed approximately centrallyof the wall 11 of the booth and on the side of the bow I have provide by a door 13.

oeive the wraps o d a closet 12 which is l opposite to the counter 5 closed This closet is designed to rethe attendant, if desired.

s so built that the door 13 comes The closet i substantially 14 indicates connect ons can be attac flush with the panel 4.

ing irons or any implements.

to the wall and is a da counter 5 as shown in or panel is in cl counter 5 and also t hair-drying apparat implements or devices that ma counter.

' 16 indicates a mirror which is mounted so that it can be moved from a position in front of th Fig -1 0 a 1) shown in Fig.- 1. When latter position it concea cets from V ew and also osition in fron this mirror haili drying device.

is shown as having brackets 17 The mirror at its upper end carrying s 18 and these rollers run on a formed in the heading thebooth. The track and it is located in a groove lowerside of are so arranged that the mirror comes substantia osed relation i't conceals he mam portion of the is the bowl and fanthe nozzle end of the f thecustomers and also of us as well as any other y be on the slidably e closetdoor 13 as shown in t of the bowl as si he. 1 nt upporting rollers track 19 which is 20 at the upper end of is concealed from View formed in the the heading and the hangers 1'? face 22 of the heading.

The bottom of the mi held in position by a gu -i v by a brac ket 27 that is secured to front face 21 of the 11y flush with the rror is guided and ding finger 26 carthe wall,

said finger entering a groove 25 formed in the bottom edge of the mirror 16.

The track is arranged to permit the mirror to slide from its central position shown in 5 Fig. 1 to a osition shown in Fig. 2 in which it exposes t e bowl and also stands in front of the closet door 13.

The transverse dimension of the mirror 16 is such that it substantially fills the space be tween the door 13 and the panel 15 when the latter is closed and hence when said panel is closed and the mirror is in its right hand position, as shown in Fig. 1, all of the working devices are entirely concealed from view and 15 the end of the room presents the appearance of a-mirror situated between two doors.

The booth will preferably be of such a size that the doors 13, 15 and the mirror extend from one side wall 23 of the booth to the other side wall 24 thereof. hen a customer enters the booth, therefore, the working end thereof has the appearance shown in Fig. 1, that is, the appearance of the wall of a room formed of two doors with a mirror situated 2 between them. When work on the customer commences the panel 15 may be opened or the mirror 16 may be moved into the position shown in Fig. 2 or both the panel and the mirror maybe moved into their open position de pending upon the character of the work which the customer requires and upon location of the implements with which to perform the work. When the work has been accomplished the panel 15 and/or the mirror 16 may be closed thus concealing again the working apparatus.

When the panel and mirror are in closed relation the booth presents the appearance of a room which has in it simply the operating chair and possibly one or two other chairs but does not present the appearance of a work shop, as would be the case if all the working apparatus were exposed to view. r I claim. A hair-dressing booth having at one end a closet provided with a swinging door and a compartment adjacent said closet to receive working apparatus and a two-part closure for said compartment comprising a swinging door or panel and a sliding mirror, the door or panel being pivotally hung at the end of the compartment opposite the closet and when closed partially closing the compartment and the mirror being slidable toward and from the free edge of the door when the latter is closed and in a plane parallel thereto, said mirror being of a dimension to close the portion of the compartment between the free edge of the door or panel when the latter is closed and the closet, and being slidable in front of the closed closet door to open the compartment.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

BERTHOLD w. FRANKEL. 

